LIGHT ARTISTS' COLONY 2024 – Group exhibition
MARTYN GALLERY - SPKETRUM exhibition
Photogram space
In the reception area of the Martyn Gallery, visitors can see a photogram installation. The essence of the procedure is to capture the light-shadow effects displayed directly on the photosensitive layer without using a camera. One of the pioneering genre phenomena of the avant-garde art trends of the 1920s, the term originates from László MOHOLY-NAGY.
Zichy Mihály Vocational High School of Applied Arts, Technical School and Dormitory, Kaposvár: PHOTOGRAMS
animation and photograms 2024
Lecturers leading the project: Mátyás Vágner and Anikó Bugovits
Students participating in the project: Kinga Androsovits, Jasmine Bognár, Kamilla Molnár, Dóra Szanicza, Mia Vivien Tóth
A selection of experimental works of photography and animation students of Mihály Zichy Vocational High School and Dormitory of Applied Arts presents the light fragments that students prepare for the light festival in a large organized field, paying tribute to the predecessors, László Moholy Nagy, from whom the name photogram originates, named after his experiments in shaping and modulating light. His first wife, Lucia Moholy, a professional photographer introduced him to the mysteries of laboratory work. The first Moholy – Nagy photograms is a joint work of the couple.
The photograms can be viewed sequentially on a larger projector with an animation process, thus providing a different type of experience.
Luminokinetics space
In the divided space of luminokinetics, visitors can see the vision spaces of analogue light combined with movement, and the works are also paying homage to the work of Nicolas Schöffer and Lajos Dargay. In one part of the space, visitors can admire the light-box installations by Dénes Hizsnyik, a creative artist who also conducts theoretical research on light boxes, electropaintings and light modulators, while in the other half of the space, under the leadership of Rita Varga, the contemporary reflection of the Environmental Culture major students of Szekszárd is embodied in the rethought, designed, moving light lamp installation.
Szekszárd Environmental Culture program: YÉYÉ/ VOOM VOOM lamp
reflections on Nicolas Schöffer's discotech installation 2024
Lecturers leading the project: Rita Varga
Students participating in the project: Flóra Györe, Eszter Ilcsik, Emma Janó, Ferenc Juhász, Kamilla Tóth (1st-grade students of the Environmental Culture program, University of Pécs KPVK, Szekszárd)
At this year's Light Art Colony, with the participation of students of the UP KPVK majoring in environmental culture, we are making a very exciting attempt to revive and explore certain elements of Nicolas Schöffer's Voom-Voom discobar in Saint Trope, designed in the 60s.
At the exhibition 2 functional lamps consisting of dozens of reflective octahedrons on a structural frame will be presented. The work is a spatial representation of last year's installation. In this case, movement is provided by a white light source placed under the lamps, whereby continuously alternating fragments are placed on the wall of the exhibition space. With this installation, we would like to evoke the French and Anglo-Saxon clubs that were cult places of music, fashion and cultural trends of the 60s, created in collaboration with the new Radical Architects and Kinetic, Pop and 'Arte Povera'. These clubs were the meeting ground where the YeeeYeee and Beat generations emerged, which later became politically and socially engaged. From the Golf Drouot in Paris to the Piper Pluri club in Turin, they all came under the influence of new Anglo-Saxon musical, fashion and cultural trends. Nightclubs provided places for their young peers to gather and share interests, contributing to the emergence of a new, young generation of Yéyé and Beatnik, who soon became politically and socially engaged.
A "LightBox" luminoscope by Dénes Hizsnyik university student of PTE-KPVK majoring in Environmental Culture:
Moving objects, perforated metal plates, discs, coloured foils, grids strung on different axes are connected to the electric motor hidden in the box, moving simultaneously. These objects are illuminated from the back by loght of various colour, and in the end, as an interface, the infinite possibilities of the moving image are fixed on a plexiglass sheet, in which no image is ever the same.
Spaces of remembrance
In the spaces of remembrance four works of art are displayed that guide visitors into the historical world of memory and mythologies with the involvement of light. Students of the University of Kaposvár, led by Zsuzsanna Molnár and Győző Herédi, pay tribute to the activities of Roman Catholic Bishop György Klimó, which they will express in contemporary language through two installations. The bust of the patron of science and literature is presented in the form of a hologram of new media art, while the cylinder projection of the text enables visitors to can read the writing that gives meaning with the help of light. The lithophan series is the work of Martha Kicsiny, which reveals a biblical and mythological arc in which she articulates the path of life where light appears in various symbolisms. Rozina Pátkai's installation shows the story of her family members who died during the Holocaust, for which the artist used sunlight as a 'revival' of the past to make the images of memory visible.
MATE Kaposvári Rippl Rónai Art Institute: Heritage
Lecturers: Zsuzsanna Molnár, Győző Herédi
Creators: Franciska Tapodi, Rebeka Füleki and Adél Maja Balaton
Holography is an image capture technique based on the wave nature of light whereby three-dimensional images can be created. Our installation is a simplified version of the pyramid hologram with a lightbox highlights the figure of György Klimo, once bishop of Pécs, a patron of science and literature.
MATE Kaposvári Rippl Rónai Art Institute: Your Being is the Star, lecturers: Zsuzsanna Molnár, Győző Herédi
Lecturers: Zsuzsanna Molnár, Győző Herédi
Creators: Gabriella Kalamár and Annamária Pál
"In the black sky of this world, your being is the star, your beam is the light." The installation uses sensibility as light in which the stars appearing in the black sky are the letters. On the paper, the words appear inverted, thus they are illegible, and they will only make sense by light, that is knowledge. The Latin text inspires you to seek light within yourself to guide you through darkness.
Martha Kicsiny: Ēlektōr - Lithophane series
The 3D printed, luminous artworks connect the virtual and physical planes with a contemporary reimagining of the litophane porcelain genre, drawing parallels between the expulsion from the Garden of Eden and the story of Phaethon, a Greek demigod. From the ancient Greek name of amber comes our modern term "electricity", whose unfossilised form, resin, appears in the moulded frames of electrically operated luminous structures as a symbol of inner strength and mourning.
https://www.marthakicsiny.hu/
Rozina Pátkai: re:member
The installation is a tree whose leaves are chlorophyll prints made using an alternative photographic process, using sunlight. How does man remember and how does nature remember? The letters commemorate family members who died during the Holocaust, so the tree is also a family tree that conveys a message of remembrance and togetherness. The installation is accompanied by a sound play projection titled Györgyi and the website of ZIKARON "remembrance", which is a card game. In the form of a board game, Zikaron raises questions about the social responsibility of the Holocaust: a card game consisting of the Pátkai family's visit card album, where players arrange the life paths on the reverse sides of the cards into decks in compliance with or in violation of the rules.
https://www.rozinapatkai.com/
https://zikaron.me/
New Media Space
In the new media space, those interested can see works created using the latest technologies. The journey involves various sensual experiences from sonification of uranium through artificial intelligence-generated life path interactive play to virtual reality internal journey and object mapping.
Bettina Bakos: /imagine prompt:
Bettina Bakos is a sophomore of fine art theory at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Her main interest is art application of conceptual art, media art and artificial intelligence (AI). Her project, which sprang to life at a class at the Intermedia Department and later developed into a practice-based research project, won the scholarship by the New National Program of Excellence. The project focuses on research into the relationship between art and artificial intelligence, with a special focus on the application of AI in artistic processes and creations.
The installation presented at the exhibition is a maze evoking people's memories, desires and feelings. It is based on a metaphorical interpretation that life is like a maze full of twists and turns and decisions that reflect the challenges and paradoxes experienced throughout life. Each person has their own path, which is based on personal aspirations, values and beliefs, while death as an inevitable and integral part of the life cycle play a key role.
The installation uses artificial intelligence to process data from interviews, which are represented by visual and auditory elements.
"It was prepared with the professional support of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology's New National Program of Excellence ÚNKP-23-1 financed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund."
Stefka Benisheva: Pops and Cracks
A short visual study on uranium. How a silvery-white mineral becomes pretty tricky. Glitter, power and deadly clouds shown in the most playful and poetic way possible.
Bianka Faddi and Emese Pálovics: BAD TRIP
An immersive narrative VR installation
BAD TRIP is an immersive, narrative audiovisual installation that deals with generational gaps and the traumas they cause, as well as the process of recognizing these problems. Viewers can follow the main character and, through a series of "bad trip-like" events within the family home, descends deeper and deeper, not only into the family home, but also into his mind. The project aims to spark conversations and have a community-building effect, thereby promoting acceptance of the topic and encouraging self-reflection. The installation was presented in the Sound-Dome of the House of Hungarian Music. In addition to the dome version, a VR version has been created, where viewers can enter the virtual space of the dome through a virtual reality headset. This allows viewers to watch the original slideshow after an interactive, thought-provoking introduction. However, this version provides a solitary experience and focuses more on the individual than on community or community building.
Orsi Orbán & Panni Gyulai: Roots & Algorithms
The entry is based on a unique concept, the underlying 'fabric' is inspired by the organic patterns of nature, applying the technology of computer-aided design and laser cutting. The animation composed for the 'woven material' and projected using mapping technique brings the creation inspired by nature to life. The projection tells a fascinating visual story, where the fractals gradually come to life, pulsating and transforming to show their complex pattern, the life energy inherent in creation and nature.
Hommage à Kozma Peter
The "aim" of the exhibition is to commemorate the late Péter Kozma, passed away recently, within the confines of the Zsolnay Light Festival, who played an indispensable role in the development of the Hungarian light-art and mapping scene.
PANI - hommage à Kozma Péter
Endre Somogyi
Attila Doboviczki
Emil Schulteisz
Péter Kozma’s name is inseparable for the emblematic series of events of technoculture the Frankhegy parties brought to life at the end of the nineties. There, primarily with his partner and co-creator at the time, Dorka Berkes, in addition to music, they put great emphasis on visuality, regularly projecting huge surfaces. While Péter was primarily active in organizing and technically executing events, Dorka was active in the artistic execution and in the creation of hand-stained glass plates that formed the basis of the screenings. Many artists who are still active today contributed to these works.
In the two thousands, screenings became independent, new venues, squares and buildings posed a challenge. Raypainting, later registered as Dorka's trademark, meant the projection of huge surfaces: it included the transformation of the entire environment by projection from ground level through trees and buildings.
From the middle of the two thousands, they parted ways, and Peter undertook huge projects alone. Just to mention one of the biggest: the 2007 screening in Essen covered 40,000 square meters of surface, with a theme renewed daily for seven days.
By the end of the decade, Peter had retired from screening, becoming increasingly involved in spirituality.
Another aim of the exhibition is to introduce the audience to the Hungarian history of mapping through Peter's work, and to draw narrower professional attention to Péter Kozma's legacy and the need for its professional processing.
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